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Thread: Dead fox
Post: RE: Dead fox
| I doubt that the Council will collect from your garden. |
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Sherwood |
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29-05-2016, 07:37 PM |
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Thread: Elephant & Castle New Road Layout
Post: Elephant & Castle New Road Layout
| The 171 took about an hour to get through the Elephant & Castle last Friday. Does anyone know if this is going to improve? |
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Sherwood |
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2,184 |
02-05-2016, 09:34 AM |
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Thread: Lewisham DLR to Lewisham Hospital Walking
Post: RE: Lewisham DLR to Lewisham Hospital Walking
| I think the mainline train goes from Lewisham to Ladywell. |
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Sherwood |
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25-04-2016, 08:44 PM |
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Thread: Changes to Lewisham refuse collection services
Post: RE: Changes to Lewisham refuse collection services
| If they introduce fortnightly collections, they will still have the same amount of rubbish o collect. I put out one bin each week. I will put out two bins fortnightly. I cannot see any saving. |
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Sherwood |
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39,855 |
17-04-2016, 05:53 PM |
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Thread: Garden Waste Collection Service
Post: RE: Garden Waste Collection Service
| When I worked in the refuse depot the start time was 7.00 a.m..
If they start later they get stuck in traffic. |
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Sherwood |
SE23 Topics |
44 |
41,649 |
14-04-2016, 08:48 AM |
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Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Dartmouth Road Pavement Parking
| You need bollards to prevent pavement parking. |
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Sherwood |
SE23 Topics |
211 |
155,669 |
13-04-2016, 07:08 PM |
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Thread: Dog Attack 05/02
Post: RE: Dog Attack 05/02
| Talk to the Police. They are often aware of such dogs. |
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Sherwood |
SE23 Topics |
26 |
22,746 |
11-04-2016, 07:44 PM |
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Thread: Our very own Poppy in the new MTV series The Shannara Chronicles
Post: RE: Our very own Poppy in the new MTV series The S...
| Saturday at 9.00 p.m. on 5STAR. |
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Sherwood |
Wider Topics |
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18,021 |
09-04-2016, 08:21 PM |
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Thread: Croydon Canal to be Reinstated after 200 years
Post: RE: Croydon Canal to be Reinstated after 200 years
| Oh Good! Perhaps we can rival Venice with gondolas on the canal.
And we won't need to worry about leaves on the line! |
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Sherwood |
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7,789 |
01-04-2016, 08:48 AM |
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Thread: Boveney Road Residents Parking
Post: RE: Boveney Road Residents Parking
| I think they do the 12 to 2 p.m. parking restriction in Blackheath.
You might have to have different hours so that the same team can visit different areas. |
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Sherwood |
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11,221 |
12-03-2016, 03:00 PM |
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Thread: Mr Dowd MP
Post: RE: Mr Dowd MP
| I have had a reply to every letter or email I have sent to Jim Dowd.
You need to give him your address so that he knows that you are one of his constituents. |
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Sherwood |
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11,586 |
02-03-2016, 08:22 PM |
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Thread: Water Leak - Perry Rise - Road Closed
Post: RE: Water Leak - Perry Rise - Road Closed
| This explains why I am seeing 356 buses in Woolstone Road. |
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Sherwood |
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17,622 |
19-02-2016, 02:28 PM |
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Thread: Trains Last Night
Post: Trains Last Night
| Does anyone know what caused the delay yesterday?
I was on a train to Charing Cross. It was held at a red light for 20 minutes. Then it was diverted to Cannon Street, which was packed with passenge... |
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Sherwood |
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2,909 |
05-02-2016, 11:13 AM |
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Thread: New Year - same c**p as tubes on strike again
Post: RE: New Year - same c**p as tubes on strike again
| I understand that Boris is hiring new staff to work at night on the24 hour tube. Therefore, here will be no problem for the existing workers. Apparently, there is a great deal of interest in being a t... |
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Sherwood |
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17,415 |
14-01-2016, 11:28 AM |
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Thread: Running for local Councillor
Post: RE: Running for local Councillor
| Unfortuately, think that councillors have very little influence as we now have a directly elected Mayor. My recollection is that it takes a two thirds majority to reverse the Mayor's decisions. This i... |
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Sherwood |
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19,827 |
30-12-2015, 01:13 PM |
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Thread: Our very own Poppy in the new MTV series The Shannara Chronicles
Post: RE: Our very own Poppy in the new MTV series The S...
| Thank you.
I will check.
But 10.00 p.m. is a bit late on a school night! |
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Sherwood |
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18,021 |
29-12-2015, 12:19 PM |
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Thread: Southern Timetable Dec 2015
Post: RE: Southern Timetable Dec 2015
| The new Overground timetable says there are more trains after 10.00 p.m.! |
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Sherwood |
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28-12-2015, 04:36 PM |
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Thread: Running for local Councillor
Post: RE: Running for local Cllr
| I think you probably need to work for a political party as a volunteer before being chosen as a candidate.
You don't always get chosen either. Some of my friends have not been chosen as their party c... |
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Sherwood |
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19,827 |
28-12-2015, 12:50 PM |
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Thread: Our very own Poppy in the new MTV series The Shannara Chronicles
Post: RE: Our very own Poppy in the new MTV series The S...
| What time will the show be broadcast?
I want to programme my SKY TV box! |
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Sherwood |
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18,021 |
28-12-2015, 12:48 PM |
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Thread: Chemists open Xmas and Boxing Day
Post: RE: Chemists open Xmas and Boxing Day
| I think most chemists display the rota. But I suggest you telephone the NHS. They should be able to direct you to a chemist. |
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Sherwood |
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4,088 |
25-12-2015, 12:40 PM |
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Thread: Move to Forest Hill
Post: RE: Move to Forest Hill
| I think Forest Hill is a good area to live.
We have good transport. We have night buses to come home at night. If you don't feel safe coming home, you can get a cab from near Forest Hill railway stat... |
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Sherwood |
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9,565 |
24-12-2015, 10:32 AM |
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Thread: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in For...
| Parents dropping their children at school and collecting them are a good revenue raiser for some zealous parking attendants! |
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Sherwood |
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124,209 |
14-12-2015, 08:41 PM |
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Thread: Sainsburys Forest Hill School Children Ban
Post: RE: Sainsburys Forest Hill School Children Ban
| I was told that Woolworth's at Catford closed when the shoplifting losses got too high. I suspect that many people are banned from various supermarkets. Supermarkets exist to make money. I doubt that ... |
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Sherwood |
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13-12-2015, 03:39 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| P1971,
I think you need to ask others who have already saved their local libraries for hints.
You could try Sarah Sackman a labour Party candidate for Finchley at the last election.
I will em... |
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Sherwood |
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131,446 |
29-11-2015, 10:50 AM |
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Thread: Royal Mail Delivery Problems
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery Problems
| I think I get deliveries only every other day. |
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Sherwood |
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28,767 |
29-11-2015, 10:44 AM |
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Thread: Local history question
Post: RE: Local history question
| Was Cameo. They still have a shop on Catford Hill. |
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Sherwood |
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18-11-2015, 09:01 PM |
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Thread: Abuse at forest hill station Perry vale side
Post: RE: Abuse at forest hill station Perry vale side
| Revenue inspectors visit stations without barriers. Obviously, they need to visit Forest Hill occasionally.
Sometimes I find people treading on my shoes as they tailgate through the barriers. |
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Sherwood |
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22,105 |
11-11-2015, 09:23 PM |
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Thread: Fix My Street
Post: RE: Fix My Street
| This problem really annoys me. Can the Council trim hedges and invoice the occupier? |
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Sherwood |
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19,119 |
08-11-2015, 10:44 AM |
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Thread: Japanese Knotweed and Network Rail
Post: RE: Japanese Knotweed and Network Rail
| Try the legal maxim "Res ipsa loquitur". If they are spraying the knotweed should be under control. It is not. Therefore, they are not spraying. |
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Sherwood |
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03-11-2015, 09:15 PM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map
Post: RE: Street Trees Map
| edd,
I don't have a GCSE in biology. Perhaps your qualification will enable you to explain to me what trees do to reduce carbon dioxide from 0.04% of the earth's atmosphere and trap pollution (whic... |
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Sherwood |
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31-08-2015, 09:50 AM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map
Post: RE: Street Trees Map
| Jane2,
I think that your asthma is probably caused by pollution. I don't claim expertise in this area, but I suspect that most pollution is from vehicles. I have noticed that more schoolchildren su... |
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Sherwood |
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31-08-2015, 09:42 AM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map
Post: RE: Street Trees Map
| Actually carbon dioxide forms 0.04% of the earth's atmosphere. I don't think we really need trees to reduce our co2 level!
Can someone explain how a tree reduces pollution?
What exactly does it ta... |
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Sherwood |
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30-08-2015, 10:35 AM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map
Post: RE: Street Trees Map
| Trees also block the light from some street lamps. |
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Sherwood |
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29-08-2015, 09:51 AM |
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Thread: Filming on Perry Rise
Post: RE: Filming on Perry Rise
| They could have given away free samples and attracted a huge crowd! |
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Sherwood |
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25-08-2015, 03:15 PM |
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Thread: Tube Strike
Post: RE: Tube Strike
| I think they have been postponed. |
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Sherwood |
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25-08-2015, 10:23 AM |
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Thread: Car Club in SE23 area
Post: RE: Car Club in SE23 area
| There is a zipcar in Helvetia Street.
Colleagues who use zipcar tell me that if they are a few minutes late returning the car, they get a fine of £38. |
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Sherwood |
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23-08-2015, 02:14 PM |
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Thread: Dragons Den - Yogiyo
Post: RE: Dragons Den - Yogiyo
| Yes. Their trailer is often seen in Hurstbourne Road.
Route 66 streetfood is in Vancouver Road. |
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Sherwood |
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22-08-2015, 02:13 PM |
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Thread: Tube Strike
Post: RE: Tube Strike
| I was surprised to see massive queues for buses at 23.00 p.m. last night. Fortunately not for the 171 to Bellingham! |
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Sherwood |
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07-08-2015, 09:08 AM |
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Thread: Motorbikes on Blythe Hill Fields
Post: RE: Motorbikes on Blythe Hill Fields
| Are you sure?
Perhaps they only chase them if it is an even number day of the month! |
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Sherwood |
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06-08-2015, 02:21 PM |
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Thread: Water problems
Post: RE: Water problems in SE23 and SE26
| Yes.
The pipes are at least 100 years old!
They are probably rusting away. |
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Sherwood |
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06-08-2015, 02:20 PM |
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Thread: Tube Strike
Post: Tube Strike
| The London Underground is closed today because the staff are on strike.
Perhaps we should be pleased that we do not have the Underground in Forest Hill! |
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Sherwood |
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06-08-2015, 09:10 AM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road
| I have always been an employee. But I do understand business. As an employee I have never had the concerns that troubled my employers e.g. investing their own money in the business. Also my income was... |
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Sherwood |
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113,077 |
04-08-2015, 09:25 AM |
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Thread: Crimewatch
Post: RE: Crimewatch
| Someone started a serious fight at a railway station because no-one would give him a cigarette. |
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Sherwood |
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31-07-2015, 12:40 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road
| My comment was made based on previous posts on this thread. I looked at the shops today. I agree that they are not replicas. Hopefully, the new addition will attract additional trade. Obviously, this ... |
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Sherwood |
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113,077 |
28-07-2015, 08:24 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road
| The point from a business point of view is that a new business helps to increase the footfall, which benefits all the existing shops/restaurants. A copy of an existing business is likely merely to tak... |
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Sherwood |
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177 |
113,077 |
28-07-2015, 09:51 AM |
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Thread: Bakerloo Line Extension
Post: RE: Bakerloo Line Extension
| Because Bromley Council do not want the Bakerloo extension Croydon Council are trying to get it to go to Croydon. |
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Sherwood |
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27-07-2015, 08:38 PM |
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Thread: Armed Robbery in Barclays Bank
Post: RE: Armed Robbery in Barclays Bank
| The staff are behind strong glass.
It is usually the guards delivering cash who are attacked and robbed. |
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Sherwood |
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25-07-2015, 02:55 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road
| Is this going to get like Bugsy Malone with the two shopkeepers splurging each other with ice-cream? |
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Sherwood |
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177 |
113,077 |
24-07-2015, 05:50 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak/Blythe Hill history
Post: RE: Honor Oak/Blythe Hill history
| There definitely is a Roman road running across Blythe Hill. I can remember when it was excavated. I have a map of its route somewhere. The Romans planned their roads in straight lines from hilltop to... |
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Sherwood |
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24-07-2015, 05:48 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road
| I think this will make the local news soon! |
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Sherwood |
SE23 Topics |
177 |
113,077 |
24-07-2015, 05:33 PM |
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